Florida State Fire Marshal and insurance fraud investigators with the Department of Financial Services have arrested a local homeowner for allegedly burning her home to collect insurance proceeds. Investigators said Gari Ann Lowery-Helton, 37, formerly of Cantonment, committed arson, setting …
The American Medical Association applauded President Bush on Monday for his efforts in support of patients and physicians, and hopes his visit to Arkansas will highlight how America’s broken liability system is severely jeopardizing patients’ access to care. Arkansas was …
Captiva Software Corp., a provider of input management solutions, announced that Zenith Insurance Company, a property and casualty provider specializing in workers’ compensation and a wholly owned subsidiary of Zenith National Insurance Corp., has selected ClaimPack, Captiva’s claims processing solution, …
New Jersey Attorney General Peter Harvey announced that a former Bergen County chiropractor has been sentenced to prison and ordered to pay more than $15,000 in restitution and fines following his conviction on insurance fraud charges for billing an insurance …
Ohio Insurance Director Ann Womer Benjamin’s first year in office since her appointment by Republican Gov. Robert Taft has been marked principally by her efforts to get a handle on the state’s medical liability crisis. Womer Benjamin represented the 75th …
The Property and Casualty Insurers Association of America and two of its member companies are scheduled to testify at Tuesday’s legislative briefing in Maryland on insurance aspects related to Hurricane Isabel. PCI Assistant Vice President Don Griffin intends to explain …
A.M. Best Co. announced that it has assigned an issuer credit rating of “bbb” to Assurant, Inc. (currently Fortis, Inc.), the U.S. holding company of the Benelux-based Fortis Group. Fortis plans to sell 55 percent of its stake in its …
The St. Paul Companies announced that it will record a charge of $350 million pretax or $228 million after-tax charge for the last quarter of 2003 to increase reserves for its medical malpractice business, which is in runoff. The St. …
Attorney General Brian Sandoval today announced that the Nevada Department of Justice, Insurance Fraud Unit, obtained more convictions per capita than any other state. The statistics for insurance crimes were compiled by the Coalition Against Insurance Fraud late last year …
Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner Carroll Fisher announced that his agency recovered more than $6 million in underpaid insurance claims for Oklahoma consumers during 2003. The Consumer Assistance/Claims Division of the Oklahoma Insurance Department is responsible for working with consumers to explain …